McKay says clerk wasn’t fired

A Cumberland Times News article suggesting that former Allegany County Clerk Cathy Blank was fired from that position was strongly refuted Wednesday by County Commissioners President Mike McKay. Blank who served many years as an assistant clerk, assumed the clerk position in 2010. McKay says the decision to eliminate the s clerk’s position was part of a series of budget cuts by commissioners heading into the 2013 fiscal year. He said the decision was a financial one, and had nothing to do with job performance…